June 15, 2022
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Featuring 329 industry-first reviews of fiction, nonfiction, children's and YA books; also in this special Pride issue: LGBTQ+ literature in the year of the book ban, plus interviews with Lydia Conklin, Hugh Ryan, medina; and moreFeatured In This Issue
This Issue's Starred Reviews
FICTION
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HOW TO FALL OUT OF LOVE MADLY
By Jana Casale
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LIFE CEREMONY
By Sayaka Murata Ginny Tapley Takemori
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INVASION OF THE SPIRIT PEOPLE
By Juan Pablo Villalobos Rosalind Harvey
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BOULDER
By Eva Baltasar Julia Sanches
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OUR WIVES UNDER THE SEA
By Julia Armfield
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JUST ANOTHER LOVE SONG
By Kerry Winfrey
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CONFIDENCE
By Denise Mina
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PICTURES OF THE SHARK
By Thomas H. McNeely
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SOPHIE GO'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB
By Roselle Lim
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TERRAFORM
By Brian Merchant Claire L. Evans
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THE GHETTO WITHIN
By Santiago H. Amigorena Frank Wynne
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AFTERLIVES
By Abdulrazak Gurnah
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OTHER TERRORS
By Vince A. Liaguno Rena Mason
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THANK YOU FOR LISTENING
By Julia Whelan
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THE HAUNTING OF HAJJI HOTAK
By Jamil Jan Kochai
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AMERICAN FEVER
By Dur e Aziz Amna
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MOTH
By Melody Razak
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THE HOP
By Diana Clarke
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A TASTE OF GOLD AND IRON
By Alexandra Rowland
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RUBY FEVER
By Ilona Andrews
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BARBARIAN LOVER
By Ruby Dixon
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THE RABBIT HUTCH
By Tess Gunty
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BLISS MONTAGE
By Ling Ma
NONFICTION
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THE FISHERMEN AND THE DRAGON
By Kirk Wallace Johnson
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DUCKS
By Kate Beaton
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TOKEN BLACK GIRL
By Danielle Prescod
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SHY
By Mary Rodgers Jesse Green
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BIRDS AND US
By Tim Birkhead
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DEMOCRATIC JUSTICE
By Brad Snyder
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REBEL WITH A CLAUSE
By Ellen Jovin
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WAR AND ME
By Faleeha Hassan William Hutchins
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NO MORE POLICE
By Mariame Kaba Andrea J. Ritchie
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THE DESPERATE HOURS
By Marie Brenner
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STRANGERS TO OURSELVES
By Rachel Aviv
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COME TO THIS COURT & CRY
By Linda Kinstler
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THE UNDERCURRENTS
By Kirsty Bell
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SENTIMENTAL ECONOMY
By Edoardo Nesi Antony Shugaar
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FRANCE
By Graham Robb
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ALL THE LIVING AND THE DEAD
By Hayley Campbell
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PUTIN
By Philip Short
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THE FIFTH ACT
By Elliot Ackerman
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STATUS AND CULTURE
By W. David Marx
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THE THIRD PERSON
By Emma Grove
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THE RISE AND REIGN OF THE MAMMALS
By Steve Brusatte
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JACQUES PÉPIN ART OF THE CHICKEN
By Jacques Pépin
TEEN
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THE DROWNED WOODS
By Emily Lloyd-Jones
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DESTINATION UNKNOWN
By Bill Konigsberg
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THE LIES WE TELL
By Katie Zhao
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WHAT'S COMING TO ME
By Francesca Padilla
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HOW YOU GROW WINGS
By Rimma Onoseta
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A DARKNESS AT THE DOOR
By Intisar Khanani
CHILDREN'S
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COMING UP CUBAN
By Sonia Manzano
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TUMBLE
By Celia C. Pérez
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SKATER CIELO
By Rachel Katstaller
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ACTION!
By Meghan McCarthy
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CREEPY CRAYON!
By Aaron Reynolds Peter Brown
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LIONEL POOPS
By Eric Veillé
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THE POLTER-GHOST PROBLEM
By Betsy Uhrig
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DIGESTION! THE MUSICAL
By Adam Rex Laura Park
INDIE
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WHAT DO YOU DO?
By Everly Cade Terri Einer
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GOBUMPIN
By Warren Ross Jade Fang
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FLIGHT
By Rasa Gustaitis
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THE ALL-WEATHER RETIREMENT PORTFOLIO
By Randy L. Thurman
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BARDO BY THE SEA
By Chad Alan Gibbs
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BLUE HAVEN
By Lisa King
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CARBON TECHNOCRACY
By Victor Seow
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PERSPECTIVES
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PERSPECTIVES
LGBTQ+ Literature in the Year of the Book Ban -